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"Amy has been taken into surgery" Dr. Smith began "she has some internal bleeding that they are going to repair."
"Oh my god!" Penny whispered, tears forming in her and Bernadette's eyes
"When she was first brought in from the ambulance her blood pressure was very low, which suggested that she was losing blood somewhere. " Dr. Smith continued "Our first thought was the head wound, but that was quickly ruled out and we figured it must be internal."
"She is going to be okay though, right?" Sheldon asked, his face getting paler by the second.
"Unfortunately I cannot guarantee anything, she has already lost a lot of blood," Dr. Smith said "but I can assure that the surgical team working on her is top notch. She also sustained a lot of blunt force trauma, most likely the result of someone kicking her repeatedly. Most of it was to the chest and abdomen resulting in two broken ribs."
"That son of a bitch" Sheldon spat out angrily, all of his friends looking just as angry.
"We believe the broken rib is what caused the bleed," Dr. Smith said "she also has a complication called a Pneumothorax."
"I'm sorry but what?" Penny asked
"It more often is referred to as a collapsed lung." Dr. Smith explained "we believe one of the ribs punctured the lung, causing air to escape from the lung and fill the space outside of the lung. They will insert a chest tube to correct the problem, which will need to stay in place for the next few days."
"When can we see her?" Bernadette asked
"You can go up to the surgical waiting room and tell the nurse at the front desk who you are waiting for news on and she can give you a better time frame for when the surgery will be finished." Dr. Smith said "but before that there is a cop here who wants to talk to you guys about what happened."
The group looked up and noticed that there was a cop standing about 10 feet away, writing in a small notepad. Dr. Smith went over and said something to him before heading back through the doors that lead to the Emergency Room. The cop finished what he was writing and then headed over to the group of friends.
"Hi everyone, I'm Officer Daniels," he said, looking around at all of them "which of you were the ones that found Ms. Fowler?"
"We were." Leonard answered, pointing to himself, Sheldon and Penny.
"Okay, I have some questions for you three." Officer Daniels said
"Can we go up to the waiting room?" Bernadette asked, gesturing to herself, Howard and Raj.
"Yes I suppose that would be okay." Officer Daniels answered
"We will head up there," Bernadette said, going over and hugging Sheldon, who surprisingly hugged her back "and let you know if we find anything out before you get up there."
"Thanks Bernadette." Sheldon said, watching the three of them leave.
"Okay let's start with names and how you know Ms. Fowler." Officer Daniels said.
"I'm Penny, and I'm Amy's best friend." Penny said
"Dr. Sheldon Copper, I'm her boyfriend" Sheldon said
"I'm Dr. Leonard Hofstadter; I'm Sheldon's roommate and also friends with Amy." Leonard said
"Okay good," Officer Daniels said, writing everything down "now tell me what all of you were doing at her apartment."
"Well, I was worried because I couldn't get ahold of Amy." Penny said "she had confided in me a few days ago about her dad getting out a jail, she was worried he was going to come looking for her. I convinced her to stay at my place tonight and when she didn't show up by seven I started getting worried."
"Did you try calling her before you went over?" Officer Daniels asked
"Yes, I called several times and sent out several texts." Penny said "when she didn't answer any of them, I went across the hall to see if Sheldon had heard from her."
"Okay, so all of you live in the same building." Officer Daniels confirmed "this is a different building than Ms. Fowler correct?"
"Yes" Leonard answered
"Okay." Officer Daniels said "what happened next?"
"Penny came over to see if we had heard from Amy;" Sheldon started "I had been trying to reach her through several different electronic communications but was unfortunately having no luck either."
"Is it unusual for her to be unreachable?" Officer Daniels asked.
"Yes, she always answers." Sheldon answered "we were supposed to spend the evening together but she had texted me around 4:30 and said that she was tired and didn't feel like doing anything."
"That was around the time I had talked her into staying at my place." Penny said "I called her when I got off work to check up on her, I've been worried since she told me about her dad."
"What did she say when you spoke with her?" Officer Daniels asked
"She said she was doing okay, she was trying to sound like she wasn't bothered by the whole thing." Penny answered "I didn't believe her so I kept pressing the issue; finally she admitted that she hadn't been sleeping well at her place because she kept thinking every little noise was her father breaking in."
"Did she have any reason to believe her father was going to come after her?" Officer Daniels asked
"She had told me that when she was younger he used to hit her and her mother." Penny said "she said that it went on for years and finally when she was about 10 she told her teacher what was going on and begged her to help them. Apparently her father knew she had turned him in and he was very angry."
"Yes we have looked into his history," Officer Daniels said "okay so what happened after none of you could get ahold of her?"
Sheldon, Penny and Leonard filled Officer Daniels in on what had happened the rest of the evening up until the point when the ambulance had arrived. After he was satisfied that he had all of the information that he needed, Officer Daniels handed them his card and told them to call him if anything else came up. The three friends then headed up to the surgical waiting room and found Howard, Bernadette and Raj sitting in one area of the room.
"Any news?" Sheldon asked as soon as they reached them.
"No not yet." Bernadette answered "but they promised to let us know as soon as the surgery was over. The nurse said it could still be awhile."
"Does anyone want anything to drink?" Penny asked "I was going to go down and get some coffee."
"I'll go with you." Bernadette offered
After getting everyone's drink order, Penny and Bernadette left, leaving the four guys alone. No one knew what to say so they just sat silently, staring at the small TV in the corner. About two hours after the girls returned with the drinks a nurse came over to them.
"You guys are waiting for news on Amy Fowler right?" she asked.
"Yes we are." Sheldon said
"Her surgery is done and they have moved her to the recovery area." The nurse said "she will have to stay there for about an hour, and then she will be moved to a regular room."
"When can we see her?" Penny asked
"Unfortunately you will have to wait until she gets moved to her room." The nurse said "like I said it will be about an hour until she is moved so you have awhile if you want to go get something to eat. She will be in room 381."
"Okay thanks" Penny answered.
The group of friends were disappointed that they still had to wait another hour before they could see Amy, but figured they would take the nurses advise and went down to the cafeteria to get some food. Sheldon didn't have much of an appetite and spent most of the time they were down there pushing his food around on his plate. Finally they decided that enough time had passed and that they were going to check and see if Amy was in her room yet. They were all relieved when they reached room 381 and saw that there was a person in there. There relief was short lived once they walked into her room and saw just how bad she looked. Bruises seemed to cover every inch of what they could see of her body, her lip was swelled up, she had a wrap around her left wrist. There was a tube coming out of her chest and connected to a machine that was running it, she had an IV hooked up and was currently receiving blood to replace what she had lost, and she had an oxygen mask on. Sheldon walked slowly up to the right side of her bed, his eyes never leaving her, and gently picked up her right hand. He bent down and softly kissed her hand and before he could stop himself he had tears streaming down his face. His friends noticed and decided to stay back for a moment and give him some privacy.
"Oh Amy, I am so sorry." Sheldon whispered "I should have come over sooner when I couldn't get ahold of you."
No one said anything as they all walked closer to the bed, but Leonard came up behind his best friend putting an arm around his shoulders. As they were all standing around her bed, Sheldon suddenly felt the hand he was holding move.
"Her hand just moved," Sheldon said "I think she is waking up."
Everyone stared down at Amy hoping that Sheldon was right and that he wasn't just imagining her hand moving. All six of them jumped in surprise when Amy's eyes slowly started opening.